Collar-supporter.



E. GASPARY.

COLLAR SUPPOBTEB. ArrLloA'l mg FILED nov.15, 1910.

1,021,916. Patented Apr. 2, 1912 W111) 955 es: 111mm far 2 ERNSTCASPARY, OF ALTENA, GERMANY.

COLLAR-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Application filed November 15, 1910. Serial No. 592,555.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST GASPARY, a citizen of the German Empire,residing at Altena, in the Province of Westphalia and Kingdom ofPrussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCollar-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a new or im-. proved manufacture of stifienersfor ladies collars and the like. Many different forms of such stiffenershave been proposed and it is usual to employ strips of celluloid, metalor similar material sewn or secured to the dress. It hasalso beenproposed to employ one or more strips of such material covered withwoven or braided material and bent around at the end and bound orsecured in the middle. It has further been proposed to employ stiifeningstrips made of the material known as featherbone and composed of a maincentral cord and two outer cords of the fiber of quills united bythreads applied by winding and stitching. These various stiffenerspresent drawbacks. Some are liable to buckle in the middle underpressure in use, others will not stand washing; whalebone, for examplesplits when wet. Moreover in the covered types the stiffening strip isoften liable to break and penetrate the covering so as to cause greatinconvenience to the wearer.

Now by the present invention I am enabled to obviate these disadvantagesand to provide a stiffener which will withstand washing while possessingyielding and supporting qualities which insure perfect coinfort in wear,and without liability for the stiffening material to break or pierce thecovering material. For this purpose the invention is characterized bythe employment of a body or core of horsehair, preferably in the form ofloose lengths. This core is covered with a braided, woven, wound, orother layer of cotton, silk or other material.

extending the full length of the device, but I prefer to make the loopsof separate bundles, the free ends of which may extend about half thelength of the intermediate stiffening portion. The horsehair cores arecovered by a braided layer whichpreferably incloses the eyes of theloops. A separate tubular braided layer may with advantage be providedfor each horsehair core when two are employed. The intermediate portionis stiffened by the insertion of a metal wire inside the tubular braidedintermediate portion or portions, and by folding and flattening upon thelatter a strip of flexible metal and covering the same with cotton, silkor other suitable material, this strip when thus folded forming aflexible metallic casing for the middle part of the stiffener andoverlapping the inner ends of the textile covering above mentioned. Ifdesired other means of stiffening the intermediate portion may beemployed.

The accompanying drawings show by way of example-a stiffener madeaccording to the invention. 1

Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation and Fig. 2 is an elevation atright angles in This is made at the ends with cores a of loose lengthsof horsehair bent into loops and extending to about midway of theintermediate portion. 6 is a woven or braided covering of cotton or thelike somewhat enlarged at the ends to inclose and cover the eyes of theloops a and likewise extending to about midway of the intermediateportion.

0 is a wire of suit-able length inserted in the, tubular lengths ofwoven or braided material and d is a strip of pliable metal folded andflattened around the sides of the stifiener togive greater strength ande is a winding of cotton upon the strip d.

If desired the stiffener may be made with only one end loop instead oftwo.

Having now described my invention I declare that what I desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A collar support consisting of a bundle of looped horsehairs, acovering forsaid loop, a metallic casing covering a portion of saidbundle and a wire within said bundle.

2. A collar support consisting of two loops of horsehair with their endspresented toward each other, a wirebetween andex tending into the end ofeach loop, and a metal piece inclosing said wire and the ends of saidloops.

3. A collar support comprising two covered loops of hair with their endspresented toward each other, a wire entering the end of each loop and acovering holding said loops and said wire together in posit-ion.

4:. A stifiener for ladies collars and like articles consisting of abundle of horsehairs, formed into a pair of terminal loops and a middlepart, a Wire extending at its ends into said loops, coverings for saidloops and a casing for said middle part overlapping the inner ends ofsaid loop-coverings.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNST CASPARY. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

ALFRED HENKEL, WALTER VONNEGUT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patentsv Washington, D. G.

